Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-03-12


! man dying, and the General said:
"Ah, my dear fellow, you seem very
! much wounded. am AFRAID you
are not going TO get Well.n "NO,"
s,i1 tl,a soldier or am NOT going
10 get well, but / feel very l.appy.u
10, / have seen them, and so have
You, 90 out of this life without a
tear on the cheeklN, There was
weeping all round the room, but no
weeping in the bed: the cheeks
were dry. They were not thrown
down luto darkness, they were ll&y.
ed up. We saw the tides rising
around then, and the. swyellingspl I
1.-The q t. was ed thG On OF
:Ef sssS
swaslled them on to Wariis the each
of,lleaven: They Wayeds-lto us 2
farewell kisstastheystood onSdeck,
and ttoated Gown further and fur
ther, waited by gales from heaven,
until they were lost to our sight
mortality having become lmmort IL
ity-
..Life's duty done, as sinks the clay,
Light from the load the spirit files;
'Ile ileaveli aiu e;trIii co.noiie " sHy;
nv" oi0'. .'io -'si'e'"1 ".oi az o'o''
what high consolation 10 you
that your departed trends were
not submerged i'll the swelling OF
Jordan! The !sraeiltes were JUST
as thoroughly alive on the western
banks OF the Jordan as they nau
oeen on the EASTERN oallNs y, el,e
Jordan, ana our departed Onrls'
tan friends have only crossed over
NOT SlcN;ilot deaa, hos e%llansteu,
NOT oloCteos ouS' olC WIN l,ealVn.e !
res'lr.llon 'tnu sso, , , p4,,e', co.
AceIlef ~ ellSn', ana o ': p,o, ~.
pecCs' "rossea over, GueIr s''iS,.ne,t
physical and mental dlSqnlet' all
left clear this side, all eIernaily-
lowing, lmpasSaole obstacle De,
tween them and all human aha.
Satanic pursuit. crossed over!
On, shake hands OIL cohgratula~
;tIon with all the bereaveh IN the
consideration that our departed
Christian friends are safe!
Why WAS there years ago Sd
much " IN certain circles IN New
York when people neard from taelr
friends who were or board the Ct5y
OF BrusSelss 1t Was Thought tn 1t
vessel had gone TO the oottom Oh
The sea; and when the frlends on
this side heard THAI the steamer
llau arrived safely IN Liverpool,
had we not the right TO coilgratu.
late people in New York THAT their
friends had got safely acrossY And
is it not right this morning Cha5 |
conSraeuiaFe you tht1 YOU uel,d ~ :
Ell lrienuS arc ale Oh lle stiO[e VI
lieaveng Would you have them
back againg Would you have those
old parents back agans You know
low hard it WAS sometimes for them
TO get their breath in the >tifed at
mosphere of the summer; would you
have them back in this summeri
DIDN'T they use their brain. long
enouyhs Would you have your
children back again! Would yol
have them take the risk of tempta-
tious which throng every human
pathway? Would You have them
cross the Jordan three times III al,
dltlon to crossing 1T already, anu
cross it again to greet you now, and
then cross back aiterwarl! for Ger
talnly you would not want to keep
them forever out OF heaven. Ii
S'oS nau ii,Su io.'5 " n''9 sa.
louSer, Wouiu Iiiey nave oeeil s@los
Perhaps so, perhaps not.
..Pause and weep. not for the freed from
main.
But that the sigh of love would pull
them back again.
T..k /, ounSi;,u and thorn scam
to come back the answer in heav-
enly echo. "What! will you never
he sick againg" "Never-sick-
again" "What! will you never be
tired again9" sNever-tired-
again" "What! will you never
weep agllns" "Never-weep-
again" "What! will you never die
aYain!n "Never-die-again.n Oh.
We army of departed kindred, we
hail YOU from bank to bank! Wait
tor us when the Jordan of death
snail part for us. Come down and
meet Us half way between the vii.
lnwed banks of earth and the palm.
groves of heaven.
.oa 1,,a,,, j. .+o,.,,,, hon,. st.n,
an nj Jo rst ,r istfy ev v."A' '''
10 Call;rln,s fair and baDpy land.